AWS security and cloud threat detection are critical for every DevOps team. In Defend Your AWS Workloads, Lena Xu delivers a hands-on guide to protecting, detecting, and responding to live threats on AWS. From IAM hardening and encryption to GuardDuty and real-world security operations, this book takes you from beginner to pro. You'll learn how to automate incident response, secure CI/CD pipelines, and audit your environment against production demands. Unlike Gene Kim (The DevOps Handbook) and Julien Vehent (Securing DevOps), this book focuses exclusively on AWS-native tools and live threat scenarios. Whether you're a developer, SRE, or security engineer, you'll get actionable strategies to defend your workloads today. What You'll Learn Implement IAM policies and encryption for AWS services Set up GuardDuty, CloudTrail, and Security Hub for detection Respond to incidents with automated playbooks Secure Kubernetes and serverless workloads on AWS Comply with SOC 2, PCI DSS, and GDPR in the cloud Who This Book Is For DevOps engineers, cloud architects, and security professionals who want to master AWS security operations. No prior security experience required—just basic AWS knowledge. Stop guessing and start defending. Lena Xu shows you how to outsmart attackers with proven techniques. Get your copy of Defend Your AWS Workloads today. This hands-on Cloud/DevOps guide is written to be used at the keyboard: every concept is paired with something you can run, adapt, and keep. You move from first principles to real, working results, with the common errors and fixes called out along the way so you are never stuck for long.
